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City Councilman Withdraws Manayunk Apartment Bill

(Councilman Curtis Jones, in 2014 file photo. Image from City of Phila. TV)

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia City Councilman Curtis Jones has halted a project to redevelop St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Manayunk, withdrawing a bill that would have allowed an apartment building in the parking lot.

The archdiocese shut down the church in October 2015, and Councilman Jones was initially supportive of the proposal to put a 100-unit apartment building on the grounds.

That changed, he says, over the course of several community meetings where neighbors made their case.

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